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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / November 2005It's time that time again
Hi all: I'm going for my 1 year anniversary PSA test soon. (I have to admit, I'm a bit anxious) Meeting with the surgeon 12/9. All is well so far from my robotic surgery last December. PSA's all <0.01. Hard, ok... difficult to admit that it's been a year already. Hoping for the best! Wish me luck. Regards to all here too. I'll post the results. B.A. Good luck, Bob! No reason to expect anything but good news! But I know the waiting can be tough. I anx each and every time, and I'm three years out, now! Take care and keep us posted! MikeH > Hi all: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > B.A. i am at my 3 month psa test. i went today (saturday) but they said that they needed a diagnosis number that i didn't have for my insurace so i will get that monday and have the test done then. gettin a little itchy but i am pretty confident in the doc saying that i had clear margins. good luck to you. ' Harry > Hi all: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > B.A. 42n8-1, Incase you encounter this insurance hassle again, the number is: 185.0 Neoplasm Prostate It tells the insuror you are getting the test for an established diagnosis, and not as a screening. The code tells why the test is being done. That way they can refuse to pay if you are getting what they consider too many or to frequent tests. Best wishes for happy results. Steve U thanks for the info steve and best wishes to you too. > 42n8-1, > Incase you encounter this insurance hassle again, the number is: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > consider too many or to frequent tests. Best wishes for happy results. > Steve U > 42n8-1, > Incase you encounter this insurance hassle again, the number is: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > consider too many or to frequent tests. Best wishes for happy results. > Steve U Steve, It seems different ins. cos. have their own diagnostic codes. My Rx lists 788.41 (Oxford Health). Tom On November 28, Tom Cular replied to Steve U: >>42n8-1, >>Incase you encounter this insurance hassle again, the number is: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > It seems different ins. cos. have their own diagnostic codes. My Rx lists > 788.41 (Oxford Health). I believe the code referred to the ICD-9 code. If so, all insurers and providers use the same list. ICD-9 code 78841 is "urinary frequency." The thundering-long ICD-9 list can be found at: http://within.dhfs.state.wi.us/helpfiles/dlookupbrowse.html Regards, Steve J Hi Tom, Another "password" is revealed! Most lab tests have multiple legitimate reasons for being done. I bet Oxford would take 185.0 as well. Steve U > > 42n8-1, > > Incase you encounter this insurance hassle again, the number is: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 788.41 (Oxford Health). > Tom Steve and Steve, Thanks, I believe you're both correct. Tom > Hi Tom, > Another "password" is revealed! Most lab tests have multiple legitimate [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> 788.41 (Oxford Health). >> Tom Bob Anthony, Time flies post-op, doesn't it? May you get good results. Steve U > Hi all: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > B.A. I'm still having a hard time after 5 years at test time. One way to think about it is that a certain point the likelihood of recurrence is less than the likelihood of other possible things happening to you. If you don't worry about all those other things, why worry about the less likely prostate cancer recurrence? Now, if I could take my own advice. ;-) >> Hi all: >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > worry about all those other things, why worry about the less likely > prostate cancer recurrence? Now, if I could take my own advice. ;-) When I fly, I think the plane might crash. When I buy a lottery ticket (i.e., pay my stupidity tax), I think I might win. When I walk in a storm, I think I might get hit by lightening. But, I drive a car everyday without the slightest concern. Go figure! > When I fly, I think the plane might crash. When I buy a lottery ticket > (i.e., pay my stupidity tax), I think I might win. When I walk in a > storm, I think I might get hit by lightening. > > But, I drive a car everyday without the slightest concern. Go figure! Familiarity breeds at least indifference. For a few years in the 90s I had to spend about one week in six on the other side of the Atlantic, and worrying about flying ceased. I drive on snow rarely now (Toronto winters are 6 months of mud and slush, not like Montreal where I grew up), and I'm uneasy doing it. Once in 6 months or a year is probably too seldom to alleviate the PSA worry for most of us...  SignatureGreg Louis At age 58, PSA 5.4 rising triggered biopsy 2004-06-22, Gleason 3+3, T1c, prostate volume 27 cc. Monotherapy, 55 I-125 seeds implanted 2004-11-16. We wish you all the best Bob. You're gonna be great. Just "a BIT anxious?" :-) You're doin' better than "I" was at 6 months. We're all with you. Please let us know. Ron B. Chicago > Hi all: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > B.A. Good luck Bob. I figure the chances of a recurrence get lower on each subsequent PSA test. May you have <.01 now and forever. Alan good luck jimmy
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